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5.05/4/2026

Encourages critical thinking and analysis.

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Devesh Ranjan served as the Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair and Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2022 until his departure in 2025. He earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology-Trichy in 2003, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. His early career included a postdoctoral position and Director’s Research Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2008, followed by serving as Morris E. Foster Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University from 2009 to 2014. Joining Georgia Tech in 2014, he progressed to Associate Professor and then full Professor, holding endowed positions such as the J. Erskine Love Jr. Faculty Fellow and Ring Family Chair. He also served as Associate Chair for Research, Interim Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research in 2021, and co-chair of the hypersonics task force.